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PHOTOS: Union Station through the years

Crowd of servicemen ascending ramp to board the train at Union Station, 701 East Douglas in 1917.
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President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor, soon after arriving at Union Station in 1936. In the background is the Jett & Wood Mercantile Company.
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This is a Canteen sponsored by the Soroptomist Club, located in the Union Station, 701 East Douglas. Servicemen were welcomed by the volunteers. Circa 1943
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Union Station, circa 1927
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Union Station, 1978
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Union Station, 1981
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Union Station, 1963
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Union Station, 1982
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Union Station, circa 1924
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Union Station, 1967
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Union Station, 1979
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Union Station, 1984
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Union Station, 1979
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Union Station, 1977
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Union Station, 1979
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Union Station, 1976
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Union Station, 1978
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Union Station, 1978
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Union Station, 1981
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Union Station, 1919
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The old Amtrak platform at Union Station in downtown Wichita, photographed Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010. A bill to expand passenger rail service between Kansas City and Texas is on its way to the House. The Senate passed Senate Bill 409 on a vote of 37-3. The proposal would allow the state Department of Transportation to work with groups along the proposed route. It also would allow the state to enter into service agreements with Amtrak.
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Union Station, 2007
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Union Station, 2007
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The lobby in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The lobby and elevator in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Paul Shaw, Cox Communications director of facilities, looks over the cabinets in the Fred Harvey Lunch Room in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Gold leaf signs direct passengers to and from the tracks at the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Gold leaf signs direct passengers to and from the tracks at the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Clock above the original ticket counter in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Jeff Fluhr, president of the Wichita Downtown Development Corporation, left, and Pat Ahern of Grubb & Ellis MAartins Commercial Group, LLC, near the original ticket counter in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Paul Shaw, Cox Communications director of facilities, looks over the cabinets in the ticket counter in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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Safes behind the ticket counter in the Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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The Union Station building in downtown Wichita, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Cox has been trying to sell the property for several years.
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